Design and teach undergraduate classes in public health and nutrition.

Boutique consulting firm specializing in helping organizations improve the health of individuals and communities through policy and program development, analysis, advocacy and implementation. Clients have included *1,000 Days, an Initiative of FHI Solutions*Child Care Aware of America*Early Care and Education Innovation Collaborative, an activity affiliated with the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine*Food, Nutrition and Policy Consultants, LLC*Healthy Eating Research, a National Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation*MMS Education; Now Performance*Partnership for a Healthier America

Developed and teach undergraduate community nutrition course.

• Led planning and execution of AHA’s enterprise-wide strategy for improving kids’ health and establishing life-long youth engagement• Built and managed relationships with external partners, funders and vendors• Led the program operations and oversight for Healthy Way to Grow, NFL PLAY 60 and Teaching Gardens programs• Managed annual budget of over $4 million from multiple funding sources• Served as content expert for development staff and programs

• Led the development and implementation of kids programming and initiatives• Managed annual budget of over $4 million from multiple funding sources• Directed and coached a team of 14 full-time staff located in multiple communities

• Launched and led implementation of Healthy Way to Grow, a grant-funded early childhood education obesity prevention program• Managed annual budget of over $1 million• Supervised and managed seven full-time staff located across six grant-funded communities • Developed donor progress reports and managed donor relationships

• Led efforts to support strong implementation of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act• Established relationships with Federal agencies and national partners, including serving on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Technical Assistance Workgroup, launching and chairing the National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity’s (NANA) CACFP workgroup and co-chairing the Healthy Kids, Healthy Future Policy Subcommittee

• Developed and advised 70,000 member nutrition association on Federal food and nutrition policy • Managed ADA's legislative and regulatory efforts to improve the nation's food and agricultural policies• Represented ADA in food and nutrition coalitions focused on child health, hunger and food insecurity, nutrition research and obesity prevention

• Managed scientific review, development of advisory committee report, policy document and consumer brochure for the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans• Developed HHS testimony, talking points, and correspondence on nutrition and obesity • Liaison for Healthy People chapters on nutrition, physical activity and food safety